340 The ‘Thousand Evils and Ten Thousand Poisons’ Frui (1/2)
[Good God! That fruit has absorbed a lot of poison! I'm sure that even a Spirit Xuan expert would die after he eats this fruit!]
The color of the fruit became richer with the absorption of the poisons. It had become white — pure white. However, it continued to absorb the poisons in a frantic manner.
[Could this be… the 'Thousand Evils and Ten Thousand Poisons' Fruit…?]
Jun Mo Xie was shocked. His mind was in a bind, and his eyes had nearly popped-out. [I didn't expect such a fortuitous encounter inside this Tian Fa forest! I've actually stumbled upon this nefarious fruit! Moreover, this fruit is nearing its final form!]
As its name suggested — the 'Thousand Evils and Ten Thousand Poisons Fruit' was a fruit with an unimaginable level of toxicity. Jun Mo Xie was convinced that no living being would be immune to its toxicity. [I reckon that even the legendary and respected immortals wouldn't be immune to such a miraculous and fiercely poisonous fruit.]
This plant needed an area with extremely concentrated levels of poison to grow. In fact, it needed highly venomous liquids to irrigate it at its birth; let alone grow. Even the air itself required to have a dense presence of poison in it for the plant to have a chance at growth. The most extreme prerequisite was that it required an increasing amount of poison as it grew. Otherwise… it could wilt at any time.
Moreover, the growth cycle of the plant was relatively short. And, it could mature in time as short as one year. However, it needed to absorb vast quantities of poison during this time. Even the ten-thousand kinds of poisons accumulated in this area would be absorbed in a period shorter than one year. In fact, a thing that was extremely poisonous before its poison was absorbed by this plant… would become a pile of trash afterwards.
Additionally, this fruit couldn't stop the process of 'ripening' once it had started to mature. In fact, it would wilt or wither if it were forced to do so…
The fruit would usually turn white at first, then pink, blue, green, yellow, cyan, purple, silver, and finally… purple-gold during the process of its maturation.
However, the 'Thousand Evils and Ten Thousand Poisons' fruit would no longer be poisonous in nature once it had achieved the final color of its transformation. In fact, it would then be capable of curing any poison in the world. Moreover, it could increase one's cultivation to a legendary degree…
This miraculous change was quite reasonable. Nothing in this world can be considered as 'absolute'. And, anything which has reached a negative-extreme would turn into something positive since things can only move in the opposite direction once they've reached one extreme. Therefore, there could only be joy after extreme sadness. Consequently, this Thousand Evils and Ten Poisons Fruit would turn into a great cure for poison…
However, the Thousand Evils and Ten Thousand Poisons Fruit couldn't be ingested directly once it had attained the purple-gold color. And, even a powerful Xuan expert would explode if they did so since the power in that now-medicinal plant would be greater than that of countless nuclear bomb explosions.
The Hong Jun Pagoda's information on medicines stated that the Thousand Evils and Ten Thousand Poisons Fruit was the sixth amongst the extremely efficacious medicines. Moreover, it was an important ingredient for the Ninth Firmament dan. As the name suggested — Jun Mo Xie could refine this efficacious dan once he reached the ninth level of the Hong Jun Pagoda.
The sixth, seventh and eighth layer of the Hong Jun Pagoda could also use the Thousand Evils and Ten Thousand Poisons Fruit to refine the efficacious dan if needed. However, some portion of this fruit would be wasted in these levels after the refinement had been completed. And, that would tantamount to wastage of a very precious raw material.
This plant would've been called the 'most efficacious plant' if it weren't for its overbearing reactive nature. Therefore, it needed to be preserved in a Xuan Containment box once it has matured… in case it wasn't being used immediately-after. In fact, even the wonderful White Jade Containment box would corrode if the plant were to be stored inside it.
The Thousand Evils and Ten Thousand Poisons Fruit would wilt after merely one days' time if it wasn't stored in a proper manner. Its branches would then go underground. And, the area spanning hundreds of kilometers around this wilted plant would become a barren wasteland. Moreover, the vitality of that region wouldn't revive even after a hundred years had come to pass…
As for the method of intake… that was simple. One only had to consume in accordance with one's cultivation. For example, a Spirit Xuan expert could take only a drop of its juice; and, that would be it. Just one drop of that juice could advance ones cultivation considerably.
However, one would die if they got greedy and ingested more than the prescribed amount since they wouldn't be able to handle the immense power of this fruit's efficacy. And, there was no room for error in this regard…
Therefore, this fruit was desired by every expert. They hated it, and they loved it. But, it was a headache since they would have to resist the temptation of taking an extra drop; their bodies would explode, and they would die if they succumbed to this temptation…
In fact, death wouldn't be the end of their misery. Even the skeleton of the deseeded would burn to ashes and disappear without a trace. And, they would 'genuinely' cease to exist.
However, would anyone who had the opportunity to obtain this fruit be considered a peerless expert? Most of people weren't strong enough to handle the fruit's overbearing power, and would explode to their deaths…
Therefore, one could well-imagine the fruit's violent characteristics.
Moreover, the abilities of this fruit as an antidote were far from just a 'narrowly saving ones' life' situation.
Jun Mo Xie would've never imagined that he'd enter the Tian Fa forest, and stumble onto such a legendary spiritual existence soon after. However, this was like a case of 'dark' providence. And, Jun Mo Xie felt endless regret at this point of time because the fruit had already turned white…
In other words… the fruit had reached the stage where it had started to mature.
Several poisons must've given sustenance to the fruit in order for it to reach this stage. Therefore, the toxicity in the air was nearing the state of getting fully diminished. However, it still needed to change eight colors before it became ripe.
This final conversion would require a huge amount of poisonous substances for sustenance.
However, it was clear that the available poisons didn't amount to much. In other words… this event with the 'once-in-a-thousand-years-appearing' Thousand Evils and Ten Thousand Poisons Fruit stood to end in tragedy.